date:Dec 26, 2019
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Top Suppliers by continent and country
Latin America including Mexico plus the Caribbean furnished over four-fifths (81.3%) of the imported fruits that Americans consume. Asia placed a distant second accounting for 11.3% of US imported fruits.
Smaller percentages were sourced from Africa (2.8%), Europe (1.3%) and Oceania (1.1%) led by New Zealand and Australia. Closer to home, North American trade partner Canada (2.1%) also helped satisfy Americans hunger for fresh or dried imported fr